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The 12 Laws of Karma

Over the past year or so, I've found myself quoting the 2nd Law of Karma very, very frequently - both as a reminder to myself, and to share the wisdom with others. Recently, though, I was asked "So what are these Laws of Karma? Are they well known?" - and I realized that perhaps they aren't... so - here they are, along with a brief explanation of each. The 12 Laws of Karma 1. As you sow, so shall you reap. In essence, this law means that you can't plant carrots and harvest zuccini. Planting carrots yields carrots. If you want zuccini to come out of your garden, you need to plant zuccini. Speaking in terms of our lives - this means that whatever energy we put out into the world is the same type of energy we will get back. So - if we spend our time spilling out hatred, fear, anger and bile on the people around us - our world is likely to feel very hateful, scary, infuriating and poisonous. At the same time, however - if we can set our intention toward that whic